Object

Accession No

1928.217.2

Description

Worked antler tine, possibly a horse bit. Smoothed and polished throughout. Proximal end cut to form a flat surface, with a square hole cut. Tip of tine missing.

Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg

Period

Early Bronze Age Earliest Nagyrev

Source

National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1928.217.2; TS462 [Excavation no.]

Cultural Affliation

Material

Antler

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS462 in top right hand corner of card 304.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '462'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label in black ink affixed to object reads: 'Toszeg 462. Stratum XV'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Display)
Old handwritten display label found with objects reads in black ink: 'Toszeg, stratum xv. Bronze Age, Period i'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (References)
Childe, V. Gordon. (1927). ‘A Bronze Age Village in Hungary: A Thousand Years of Prehistory’. The Illustrated London News, 24 September 1927, p. 498.
Event Date 1927
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
Stratum XV. Stratum [Roman numeral]. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927. See archive (LL1/4/1 – LL1/4/3) for correspondence, notes, drawings, etc.
Event Date 1927
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Antler tine, polished, cut, worked. Function: interpreted as a horse bit. Decoration: square hole cut at the proximal end of the tine
Event Date 1928
Author: maa

Context (References)
Schalk, Emily. (1981). ‘Die Frühbronzezeitliche Tellsiedlung bei Tószeg, Ostungarn, mit Fundmaterial aus der sammlung Groningen (Niederlande) und Cambridge (Grossbritannien)’. Dacia, vol. 25. pp. 63–129.
Event Date 1981
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (References)
Leighton, Mary and Stig Sorensen, Marie Louise. (2004). 'Breathing Life into the Archives: Reflections Upon Decontextualization and the Curatorial History of V.G. Childe and the Material from Toszeg'. European Journal of Archaeology, vol. 7. pp. 41-60.
Event Date 2004
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Worked antler tine, possibly a horse bit. Smoothed and polished throughout. Proximal end cut to form a flat surface, with a square hole cut. Tip of tine missing.
Event Date 3/5/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou

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